Researchers at the School of Psychology at Flinders University are conducting a study and if you're above a certain age, they want to hear from you.

A researcher is visiting town this week, interested in finding out about those in a certain demographic - including their health, self-perception and how they feel about being older.

Director at the Flinders Centre for Ageing Studies (from the School of Psychology), Mary Luszcz, joined Mornings to explain the aims of the study.

"We have been looking at ageing for a number of years from a research point of view but what we're interested in is well-being in ageing but we're taking a slightly different spin on it.

"We want to get the views of older people that include notions of their own sense of well-being plus their sense of self worth, how they think other people might view older people, how they think age might affect different situations they find themselves in."

Ms Luszcz said very little research has been done in regional and rural areas on ageing.

"One element of the study is to compare people living in the greater Adelaide area to people who live well outside that area."

"There are certainly more and more older people in the population, so it's becoming increasingly important to know as much as we possibly can about them."

Gauging our feelings of well-being

Ms Luszcz said while it is an individual process, there were some resources the study would utilise to help them find out.

"There have been developed, over the years, a range of questionnaires - series of questions - that people agree or disagree with to certain, greater or lesser extent.

"That gives us some indication of how they actually feel about themselves and whether they do have a more positive or negative sense of well being."

For the study, researchers will be looking for participants over the age of seventy.

Hear Mary Luszcz discuss the study aims further and some of the psychology and resources people access as they grow older, including how to get involved with the study through the visiting researcher.